Synoecious vs Hermaphrodite - What's the difference?
synoecious | hermaphrodite |
(botany) With male and female organs in the same structure.
*1980 , Anthony John Edwin Smith & Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland [http://books.google.com/books?id=XIHeScGztrIC], page 192:
*:Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.
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*1972 , M. G. Bicchieri, Hunters and gatherers today: a socioeconomic study of eleven such cultures [http://books.google.com/books?id=MEi0AAAAIAAJ], page 309:
*:The segmentation of the band is expressed in the arrangement of huts and shelters in synoecious camps; households comprising a segment are clustered close together, but are still an integral part of the whole camp.
An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
Combining two opposing qualities.
As adjectives the difference between synoecious and hermaphrodite
is that synoecious is (botany) with male and female organs in the same structure while hermaphrodite is having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.As a noun hermaphrodite is
an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.synoecious
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)hermaphrodite
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(wikipedia hermaphrodite)Noun
(en noun)- An earthworm is a hermaphrodite .
